#0201
GWR 1016 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Great Western Railway· from 1867· class of 60 British 0-6-0ST locomotives
what is it?
The 1016 Class consisted of sixty double framed 0-6-0ST locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton Works of the Great Western Railway between 1867 and 1871. Like the earlier 302 Class of Joseph Armstrong, the 1016s had 4 ft 6 in (1.372 m) wheels and a 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) wheelbase, dimensions that would remain traditional for the larger GWR pannier tanks right through to Charles Collett's 5700 Class, and with little change to Frederick Hawksworth's 9400 Class of 1947.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 159 years ago, in 1867.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 68 years (1867–1935).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1867
- in service from
- 1867
- retired
- 1935
- status
- retired
- number built
- 60
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Great Western Railway, Wolverhampton railway works
- designer
- George Armstrong
- operators
- Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 37.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514893, Wikipedia: GWR 1016 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.